This slab of stone

Stares at me

So seriously and yet I'm Laughing

The grass was soft

And so I sat and painted what I'd been looking at

Now starring in the tragedy

Playing twice a day since its opening

If movements we made fascinating

Hide our hearts incinerating

The final days

Whose book of lust?

Who found sin when they were looking for fun

The visions of

Your violet eyes

So haunted and yet I'm not afraid

Though I feel so weak I must remain



On the stage of my tragic vaudeville

Love come quickly don't fade away

On the stage of my tragic vaudeville

Madness is the cure as we fade to gray



This slab of stone

Stares at me

So seriously and yet I'm Laughing

A face whose name I can't replace

Steps I can't retrace

Now starring in the tragedy

Playing every night since its opening

And on stage the violence, greed

My obsessive roots drink deep



On the stage of my tragic vaudeville

Love come quickly don't fade away

On the stage of my tragic vaudeville

Madness is the cure as we fade to gray

Writer : BRUCE MORELAND
Copyright : Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group